Английская Википедия:Forever (Kool & the Gang album)
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Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986. The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4). Three additional singles charted, "Holiday" reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, "Special Way" reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1] and "Peacemaker" was released in international markets and charted at #20 in New Zealand.
After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor left the group to pursue a solo career. He returned in 1996 for the State of Affairs album.
Track listing
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Personnel
Kool & The Gang
- James "J.T." Taylor – all vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 8), lead vocals (2, 5, 6, 9), percussion
- Khalis Bayyan – keyboards, saxophone
- Curtis "Fitz" Williams – keyboards
- Charles Smith – guitars
- Robert "Kool" Bell – bass
- George Brown – drums
- Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas – alto saxophone
- Clifford Adams – trombone
- Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet
- Michael Ray – trumpet
Additional musicians
- Randy Taylor-Weber – synthesizer programming, creative software programming
- Mark Attalla – instruments
- Kendal Stubbs – instruments, drum programming, backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Alex Williams – instruments
- Bert Clardy – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Jeff Clardy – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Lisa Foster – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Barbara Hernandez – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Starleana Young – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Kool & the Gang – backing vocals (6)
Production
- Gabe Vigorito – executive producer
- Kool & the Gang – producers
- Khalis Bayyan – producer, mixing
- I.B.M.C. Group (Khalis Bayyan, Peter Duarte, Meekaaeel Muhammad, Kendal Stubbs and Randy Taylor/Weber) – producers, recording
- Jay Biolic – recording
- Alex Williams – recording
- Craig Vogel – second engineer
- Peter Duarte – assistant engineer
- Roger Talkov – assistant engineer
- Kendal Stubbs – mixing
- Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering at Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs (New York, NY)
- Bill Levy – art direction
- George Corsillo – design
- Gil Gilbert – cover photography
- Carl Davis for Lemans Designs – fashions
- Rosalyn Burns-Brock – make-up
Certifications
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